Saturday, July 30, 2011

Anthony Bourdain, internationally acclaimed chef, author, and host of Travel Channel's “NoReservations,” has traveled to the farthest reaches of the globe for his career, and now the controversial cook is coming to the Palace Theater in Waterbury for an interactive live appearance on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 pm.

Tickets can be purchased by phone at 203-346-2000, online at www.palacetheaterct.org,or in person at the Palace Theater Box Office, 100 East Main St. in Waterbury.

Dubbed “the badboy of cuisine” for his rock star looks and blunt observations about the world of restaurants, chefs and cooking, Bourdain has built a reputation forbeing controversial, opinionated and always entertaining. In this rare, uncensored, live appearance, he will share the fascinating, hysterical, and sometimesshocking stories behind his life, books, travels, and his hit show. He also will take questions from the audience.

The executive chef at New York's famed bistro Les Halles, Bourdain is theauthor of the bestselling "KitchenConfidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly," a candid andhumorous portrait of his life in restaurant kitchens that has been translated into more than 28 languages. His new book, "Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook," pulls back the curtain on all of the big-time personalities of the modern gastronomical revolution, as only Bourdain can.

Other books include "Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook," "The Nasty Bits" and No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach," an illustrated journal of Bourdain's travels. Bourdain’s widely popular Emmy-nominated TV show “No Reservations,” can be seen on the TravelChannel and is currently in its fifth season.

As a special incentive for Connecticut ‘s food aficionados, visit www.restaurantsCT.com for a chance to win one of two VIP ticket packages to the show, as well as a $100 gift card to one of the state's most popular restaurants. Eighteen second place winners also will receive a restaurant gift card. RestaurantsCT.com is the state's leading web site connecting the dining public to more than 2,000 of Connecticut's best restaurants.

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My Bio

Lauren Yarger is a theater reviewer in New York and Connecticut. She is Second Vice President of the Drama Desk and a voting member of the Outer Critics Circle. She is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association, the Connecticut Critics Circle and is a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women, serving as Founder of its Connecticut Chapter.

A playwright, Yarger has written, directed and produced numerous shows and special events for both secular and Christian audiences. She co-wrote a Christian musical version of “A Christmas Carol” which played to sold-out audiences of over 3,000 in Vermont and was awarded the 2000 Vermont Bessie (theater and film awards) for “People’s Choice for Theatre.”

Yarger trained for three years in the BroadwayLeague’s Producer Development Program, completed the Commercial Theater Institute's Producing Three-Day Training and produced a one-woman musical about Mary Magdalene that toured nationally and closed with an off-Broadwayrun.

She was a Fellow at the National Critics Institute at the O'NeillTheater Center in Waterford, CT.

She was a theater reviewer for the CT Manchester Journal-Inquirer and also was Contributing Editor for BroadwayWorld.com, for which she still contributes. She served as Connecticut theater editorfor CurtainUp.com and as Connecticut and New York reviewer for American Theater Web. Yarger is a book reviewer and writer for Publishers Weekly and freelances for other sites. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

She served as a judge for the SDX Awards presentedby the Society of Professional Journalists. She also served as a member of the Connecticut Critics Circle awards committee.

A former newspaper editor and graduate of the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism, Yarger also worked in arts management for the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts,the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and served for nine years as the Executive Director of Masterwork Productions, Inc. She lives with her husband in West Granby, CT. They have two adult children.